GloRilla is calling for a judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing her of stealing a BBL-related lyric.
The rapper is asking a judge to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims she stole the phrase “natural, no BBL” for her 2024 song “Never Find,” according to court documents reviewed by Billboard.
The case was filed in June by Instagram user Natalie Henderson, who says she coined the phrase in reference to the infamous “Brazilian butt lift” surgery and used it in her own song with the lyric, “All natural, no BBL / Mad hoes go to hell.”
GloRilla’s version goes, “Natural, no BBL / But I’m still gon’ give him hell.”
“There are unmistakable similarities between the two works,” Henderson’s attorney wrote at the time of the filing.
In a motion filed on Monday (Sept. 8), GloRilla’s lawyers countered that the phrase cannot be copyrighted.
“The phrase ‘natural[e], no BBL’ —referring to a person with a natural body who has not undergone the ‘Brazilian Butt Lift’ cosmetic procedure—is too common, everyday, trite, and cliched to be protectable by copyright,” Glo’s lawyers wrote in the filing.
They cited several other unspecified songs from the past two years that included similar expressions and argued that even if Henderson’s phrase could be protected, there’s “no evidence” GloRilla ever encountered it.
“Anyone who listens to the two songs should easily reach the conclusion that these songs are not substantially similar,” read the filing.
“Never Find,” featuring K Carbon, appears on Glo’s 2024 debut album Glorious.
Billboard notes that copyright law does not extend to short phrases, slogans, or widely used expressions.
The lawsuit isn’t GloRilla’s first legal battle. She was sued in 2023 for alleged unlicensed samples of her 2022 hit “Tomorrow” and its sequel “Tomorrow 2” featuring Cardi B, but that case was reportedly dismissed last year.
Another case, filed against her and several other artists including Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B over the song “Wanna Be,” was dropped earlier this year.
